Play and Humor,What kinds of things make you laugh? Play and Humor,What do you do for fun in your life? Play and Humor,Do you consciously make time for fun in your life or does your fun time occur spontaneously? If you plan, how often do you include fun and play in your life? Play and Humor,Is your family of origin inclined to playfulness, humor, and fun? If so, who among your family members are the funniest? Do/did you spend much time with them? Play and Humor,Who is your favorite comedian, comedy writer, humorist? Why? What qualities of this person do you like best? Play and Humor,What games did you love to play as a child? Can you recount several high points of the play that you remember when you were a child? Play and Humor,Remember a time when you made a group of people laugh: your family, a classroom of kids, your colleagues. Describe in great detail the experience. Play and Humor,Are you attracted to "funsters"? Who among your friends/family are funsters and do you specifically seek them out? Play and Humor,What prevents you from "lightening up" and being playful and having fun? Play and Humor,Do you take your fun too seriously? Some people play games and sports for fun, but become so competitively involved that they lose the fun in it. Where do you fit in the spectrum of keeping your fun light-hearted vs. taking it too seriously? Play and Humor,Do/did you ever get in trouble for having fun and playing? Play and Humor,Who were your best fun-loving friends growing up? Recount a few funny stories about them. Play and Humor,Make a list of the movies, books, magazines, blogs, websites, and/or TV shows that you consider very funny. Play and Humor,Are you inclined to be quick to laugh and find the humor in a situation? If not, how would you change that? Play and Humor,It is said that children in nursery school laugh about 300 times a day and that adults laugh about 17 times per day. Do you find yourself smiling/laughing many times during the day? Do you think you laugh more or less than the average adult? Play and Humor,Do you rely on props (such as intoxicants, food, or particular people) to have fun, or can you be in play-mode at any time? Play and Humor,Do you remember a time when you used humor well to change a situation that was becoming hostile or tense? Describe the situation. Play and Humor,Laughter has been shown to increase health by reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, elevating mood, and boosting the immune system. Is there something that you could easily incorporate into your day that would increase humor and fun into your life? How often do you laugh during the course of the day? Do you think that it’s a good number of times? If not, could you increase the number of times that you laugh/play/have fun in a day? Play and Humor,Go to a playground, a children’s museum, a schoolyard at recess or any kid’s environment where there are unstructured activities. Soak up the culture of the place--the humor, fun, and playfulness--and write about the experience, especially any memories which may surface. Play and Humor,Write a story that makes you laugh. Anything goes-- a true story or a ridiculous fantasy that you concoct. Play and Humor,Are you able at times to see and appreciate the absurdity of life? Play and Humor,Do you spend time with many people who have a good sense of humor, are playful, and enjoy laughing and not being serious? Play and Humor,Are there forms of humor that you favor or dislike--irony, sarcasm, wit, exaggeration, satire, slapstick, spoof, paradox?